[It is an] essential, unalterable right in nature, engrafted into the British constitution as a fundamental law, and ever held sacred and irrevocable by the subjects within the realm, that what a man has honestly acquired is absolutely his own, which he may freely give, but cannot be taken from him without his consent.
–Samuel Adams, The Massachusetts Circular Letter [February 11, 1768]
HORNBERGER'S BLOG
July 25, 2023 A Constantly Shifting Array of Official Enemies
I entered Virginia Military Institute as a freshman in 1968. By that time, the Vietnam War was in full swing. During the four years that I was at the school, VMI graduates were among the tens of thousands of U.S. soldiers who were being killed or injured for nothing. Everyone at VMI was required to be in the corps. Naturally, as a military ...
How Evil Are Politicians? Part 2 by George Leef
Caplan follows up on that observation with a devastating point about the calculating political mindset. Suppose that a politician had to...
The Immorality of Occupational-Licensure Laws
by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
In this episode of the Libertarian Angle, FFF president Jacob G. Hornberger and Citadel professor Richard M. ...
How the JFK Autopsy Led to the Truth by Jacob G. Hornberger
In this talk, delivered at the 2023 FreedomFest in Memphis, Tennessee, Future of Freedom Foundation president Jacob ...
Uncle Sam, War Criminal by Ted Galen Carpenter
U.S. officials invariably stress their commitment to human rights and are extremely quick to condemn other countries for alleged violations. However, Washington’s ...
